This may be an extreme case in terms of distance, but this vast structure (550 feet in length) reinforces the familiar notion that working on an offshore oil rig often means significant time far ...

Speaking of design, as notable as offshore oil rig construction is, it's nothing without solid blueprints behind it. Designing such structures is no small feat. Long before offshore oil rigs are ...

The announcement Friday came after three Gulf Coast states asked the Trump administration to intervene. The Interior Department announced plans Friday to walk back changes under former President ...

The country’s first offshore oil drilling rig was built in the Santa Barbara channel in the late 19th century. By the 1920s, wooden piers and oil derricks filled the nearshore waters of ...

That's a body of water on land, and then offshore is all the oil rig deep-sea diving. I knew instantly that's what I wanted to go do." ...

Massive, offshore rigs the size of skyscrapers remain at sea around the world. Here's why these environmentalists say some should be left alone. An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of ...